ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,076, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Motor Competence Center Holding Flensburg GmbH (Flensburg, Germany).
"Single-phase AC motor with a relay function" was invented by Niels Christian Weihrauch (Padborg, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor is connectable to a single-phase AC power supply and forms a hermetic compressor. The motor includes a main circuit connected in parallel with the auxiliary circuit, and a winding structure having a main winding arranged as part of the main circuit and an auxiliary winding arranged as part of the auxiliary circuit. The motor includes a rotor arranged to be rotated by a current in the ...